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2 months ago | 
journaltimes.com | Lolita Baldor |Tara Copp |Eric Tucker |Eric Tucker
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River. There was no immediate word on casualties or the cause of the collision, but all takeoffs and landings from the airport were halted as helicopters from law enforcement agencies across the region flew over the scene in search of survivors.
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2 months ago | 
journaltimes.com | Lolita Baldor |Eric Tucker
ARLINGTON, Va. - A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
journaltimes.com | Alanna Durkin Richer |Eric Tucker |Eric Tucker
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration, according to a memo to the entire workforce obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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Jan 2, 2025 | 
journaltimes.com | Eric Tucker |Jim Mustian |Kevin McGill |Jack Brook
NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year's revelers acted alone, the FBI said Thursday, reversing its position from a day earlier that he likely worked with others in carrying out the deadly attack, which officials say was an act of terrorism inspired by the Islamic State group.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
journaltimes.com | Eric Tucker
WASHINGTON — FBI Director Christopher Wray told the bureau workforce Wednesday that he plans to resign at the end of President Joe Biden's term in January, an announcement that came a week and a half after President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate loyalist Kash Patel for the job.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
journaltimes.com | Eric Tucker |Alan Suderman |Eric Tucker
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump picked Kash Patel to serve as FBI director, turning to a fierce loyalist to upend America’s premier law enforcement agency and rid the government of perceived “conspirators.”It’s the latest test for how far Senate Republicans will go in confirming his nominees. “I am proud to announce that Kashyap “Kash” Patel will serve as the next Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” Trump posted Saturday night on Truth Social.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
journaltimes.com | Eric Tucker |Zeke Miller |Michael Balsamo |Eric Tucker
WASHINGTON — Chinese hackers targeted cellphones used by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, his running mate, JD Vance, and people associated with the Democratic campaign of Kamala Harris, people familiar with the matter said Friday. It was not immediately clear what data, if any, may have been accessed.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
journaltimes.com | Eric Tucker |Alanna Durkin Richer |Eric Tucker
WASHINGTON — The man accused in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump at a golf course in Florida left behind a note saying that he intended to kill the former president and kept in his car a handwritten list of dates and venues where Trump was to appear, the Justice Department said Monday. Please subscribe to continue reading… Love Funny Wow Sad Angry
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
journaltimes.com | Eric Tucker |Eric Tucker
WASHINGTON — A Pakistani man alleged to have ties to Iran has been charged in a plot to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil, including potentially of former President Donald Trump. The case disclosed by the Justice Department on Tuesday is the latest murder-for-hire plot originating from abroad to target American public figures, coming two years after officials disrupted a separate scheme that they said was aimed at former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
journaltimes.com | Eric Tucker |Eric Tucker
WASHINGTON — The acting director of the Secret Service says he “cannot defend” why the roof used by the gunman in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump was not secured. Ronald Rowe is testifying Tuesday before two Senate committees. Rowe says he recently traveled to the Pennsylvania shooting site and says what he saw made him ashamed. Rowe is being joined by FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate at a joint hearing of the Senate committees on the Judiciary and Homeland Security.
